BTW, anyone know if the cap is necessary with this reactor ballast? Also, if the cap is not needed, would the ballast be wired like a normal NPF reactor or are the two capacitor wires connected together?
ahh so the capacitor wires are capped separately? This is a HPF reactor but the capacitor terminals are rotted out and the cap is bad. Would a bad cap in this cause cause the fixture not to work? If the cap isn't needed I won't bother getting a new one, though I'll keep that one in there (disconnected).
How would I rewire it? If I can make out what the cap info is on the ballast tag then I will leave the cap wires in there and just tape over the slip-on connectors so that when I get around to getting a capacitor I can just put it in. I will leave the old cap in place just as a placeholder.
Not positive, but I think the fixture's nameplate is gone. All that's left is the ballast label. Fortunately they used ballast labels; GE did not use them, though they did put an additional nameplate on their Powr/Modules. Doesn't look like Westinghouse did that...
HPS reactor ballasts are fairly straightforward to rewire. You simply get rid of the wire that led to the cap at the hot wire and the neutral. I suppose capping the wires also works lol.
Ahh OK. you said rewire it and made it sound like a big production. Nah i guess I'll just leave the wires in there with the slip-on connectors wrapped in tape so they're insulated (that way I don't need to waste a pair of slip-on crimps if I get a new cap lol). I didn't know if the cap leads connected affected the operation of the ballast.
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Not positive, but I think the fixture's nameplate is gone. All that's left is the ballast label. Fortunately they used ballast labels; GE did not use them, though they did put an additional nameplate on their Powr/Modules. Doesn't look like Westinghouse did that...